TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft's new Bing search portal is the fastest-growing U.S. search engine among the top 10, according to a Nielsen report released Monday.

Facebook is making enough money to cover its costs and now has 300 million users, the world's largest social networking site said on Tuesday, proving the Internet's newest star industry can be a viable business.

The world's top mobile browser maker, Norway's Opera Software, released on Wednesday a test version of its mobile browser, Mini 5, promising new features, easier usage and new design.

Oracle Corp has ended a high-profile computer-building partnership with Hewlett-Packard Co as Oracle prepares to acquire Sun Microsystems Inc, a rival of HP.

Adobe Systems Inc plans to pay $1.8 billion for fast-growing business software maker Omniture Inc as the maker of Photoshop and Acrobat looks to turn around declining sales.

Facebook said the company has become free cash flow positive ahead of schedule and that the world's largest social networking site now has 300 million users.

Facebook said the company has become free cash flow positive ahead of schedule and that the social networking site now has 300 million users.

Adobe Systems Inc announced a $1.8 billion deal to buy business software maker Omniture Inc on Tuesday as it looks to counter falling sales from its Photoshop and Acrobat programs.

Google Inc has rolled out a new version of its Chrome Web browser and a version of the Mac browser for mainstream users will be available within months, as the company moves to double Chrome's market share.

Microsoft's Zune HD, which went on sale Tuesday, is proving to be more than just another portable media player trying to unseat Apple's iPod.

Google Inc has rolled out a new version of its Chrome Web browser and a version of the Mac browser for mainstream users will be available within months, as the company moves to double Chrome's market share.

Google Inc has rolled out a new version of its Chrome Web browser and a version of the Mac browser for mainstream users will be available within months, as the company moves to double Chrome's market share.

France's disputed Internet piracy law, which would allow authorities to disconnect repeat illegal downloaders, passed the lower house of parliament in revised form on Tuesday but may still face a fresh court challenge.

Hewlett-Packard Co unveiled several new products for the important fall season, including thin and light laptop PCs and an eye-catching new netbook.

Teenager Jordan Robinson has faced excruciating pain since a backyard prank went wrong but treatment with virtual reality has given him some relief.

Best Buy Co's quarterly profit missed estimates on Tuesday as sales of lower-margin products like notebook computers and promotional efforts to woo shoppers ate into the top U.S. consumer electronics chain's margins.

Google Earth is now allowing its users to not only just see land and sea, but also crop circles.

Schools in Beijing are quietly removing the Green Dam filter, which was required for all school computers in July, due to complaints over problems with the software.

Iowa senator Tom Harkin, newly empowered to investigate health matters as chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, promised on Monday to probe deeply into any potential links between cellphone use and cancer.

Apple slashed $100 off the 160-GB model of the Apple TV and discontinued the 40-GB version of the home media player over the weekend.

Apple over the weekend lopped $100 off the 160-GB model of the Apple TV and discontinued the 40-GB version of the home media player.

Intel Corp, the world's top chipmaker, announced a reorganization of its major product divisions and said an executive who helped run a group that rang up more than half its sales last year had left the company.

Sprint Nextel Corp shares jumped 14 percent on speculation that the No. 3 U.S. mobile service might be bought by Deutsche Telekom even as many analysts said such a deal would be very difficult to pull off.

Southeast Asia's biggest telecom operator, Singapore Telecommunications , said on Monday it would start to sell a social networking phone model INQ Mini 3G, targeting young customers.

Following bad weather on Friday, shuttle Discovery had to make a detour and land in California, as opposed to its original planned landing at the Florida base.

Video game sales continue to struggle, with sales falling 16 percent compared with August last year, according to research from the NPD Group.

French Labour Minister Xavier Darcos has called for a meeting with the head of France Telecom to discuss a wave of suicides at the former state monopoly that unions blame on restructuring and work pressure.

French Labour Minister Xavier Darcos has called for a meeting with the head of France Telecom to discuss a wave of suicides at the former state monopoly that unions blame on restructuring and work pressure.

Web TV firm Joost, owned by the founders of Skype, removed its high-profile chairman Mike Volpi by shareholder vote, it said in a statement late on Friday.